Maybe Those Labs Aren't Necessary

In a paper published in the April 25, 2008 edition of the Lancet, data revealed that there was only a slight difference between the survival rates of people taking AIDS drugs who were monitored with laboratory tests and those who were not. The research was based on computer modeling, and while the results must be verified, they could influence how HIV patients across Africa and Asia are treated. As drugs to combat AIDS have been distributed in developing countries, some doctors worry that without lab monitoring, patients will either die earlier or develop drug resistance faster. But based on the evidence to date, that has not happened. Read more in this article from AP Medical Writer Maria Cheng.

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